The Irish standard., 1887-01-29
MATTERS OF HISTORY.

The Bible published in Latin in 1876 ID
he earliest complete printed book known.
| GLASS mirrors were first used, spectaclee
we're invented and clocks made to strike in
the thirteenth century.
TIE first book printed in England waa
by Caxton in 1474 It's title is: "The game
and playe of the cheese"
DURING the three days Of the massacre OF
st. Bartholomew, August 1926, 1872 -tare
were over SO 0,UO victims sacrificed
In the historic period of Rome, the hus-
band treated his wife as faithful slave,
something better than his dog, little
aearer than his horse.
The first person upon whom the title OF
doctor was ever conferred was William
Gardenia. The college at Asti gave the
degree in the year 1922
GEORGE III. reigned 60 years as King Of
England; then the monarch having the
next longest reign is Henry Ill, 56; then
Edward I'LL, SO; Victoria, 40; Elizabeth,
IS; Henry VIII, 40; Henry L, IS; Edward
L, IS; George H., 80; Charles IL, 25.
WHEN Captain Cook first visited Tahiti,
the natives were using nails of wood, bone.
shell and stone. When they saw iron nails
they fancied them to be shoots of some
very hard wood, and, desirous Of securing
such q valuable commodity, they planted
4, them in their gardens.
THERE were nine higher institutions u
learning in the English American colonies
before the breaking out of the old war TO,
independence. Among those were Har
ward in Massachusetts, William and Mary
in Virginia, Yale in Connecticut, Dart
mouth in New Hampshire and University
of Pennsylvania.
In January and February, 1880, the cold
was so intense that the harbor of New
York was so strongly bridged with ice that
the British dragged cannon over it from
New York to Staten Island. The garrison
and inhabitants, cut off from their usual sup
plies by water, experienced great scar
City of fuel and fresh provisions.
THERE was no exact enumeration OF the
inhabitants at tue beginning of the French
and Indian war 1754) in the Colonies, but
Mr.. Bancroft, the historian, estimates the
number as follows: Massachusetts,, 207, GOO;
New Hampshire, $4,000; Connecticut,
1876, 600; Rhode Island, 10000; New York,
96 600; Virginia, $4,000. The total number
in the United States was 1,425,OOO persons.
The dress of the ancient Greeks was sim
pie, without unnecessary coverings or use
less display of ornaments Between the
sexes there was little difference Of attire.
The women wore no head-coverings; all
the men, too, were hatless, except travel
ers and certain kinds OF workmen. In
doors the Greeks used no foot-oovering:
abroad they wore sandals, shoes, some
times boots.
IT is estimated that fully SOC, 600 Union
soldiers perished during the civil war. OF
these, 10000 were, killed in the field, and
about IS 900 mortally wounded. Disease in
camps and hospitals slew $4,000 The num-
ber of men in both armies who were Grip
pied or permanently disabled by disease was
estimated at 400 900. The actual loss to the
country of able-b bodied men, in consequence
of the war, was fully 100000.
WHEN Commodore Perry had fought the
victorious battle on Lake Erie, and his eye
saw at a glance that victory was secure, he
wrote IN pencil on the back of an old let
ter, resting the paper on his navy cap, the
following dispatch to General Harrison:
'sWe have met the enemy and they are ours;
two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one
sloop. Yours, with great respect and es-
TEEN. o. Fl. PERRY"